Ezekiel 11

English Standard Version

English Standard Version

1The Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the house of the Lord, which faces east. And behold, at the entrance of the gateway there were twenty-five men. And I saw among them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. (Jer 28:1; Eze 3:12; Eze 8:16; Eze 10:19; Eze 11:13; Eze 11:24)

2And he said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and who give wicked counsel in this city; (Eze 2:1)

5And the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and he said to me, “Say, Thus says the Lord: So you think, O house of Israel. For I know the things that come into your mind. (Isa 29:15; Eze 2:2; Eze 20:32; Eze 38:10)

6You have multiplied your slain in this city and have filled its streets with the slain. (Eze 7:23)

7Therefore thus says the Lord God: Your slain whom you have laid in the midst of it, they are the meat, and this city is the cauldron, but you shall be brought out of the midst of it. (Eze 11:3; Eze 24:7)

8You have feared the sword, and I will bring the sword upon you, declares the Lord God. (Jer 42:16)

9And I will bring you out of the midst of it, and give you into the hands of foreigners, and execute judgments upon you. (Eze 5:8; Eze 7:21)

10You shall fall by the sword. I will judge you at the border of Israel, and you shall know that I am the Lord. (2Ki 25:18; Jer 39:6; Eze 6:7)

11This city shall not be your cauldron, nor shall you be the meat in the midst of it. I will judge you at the border of Israel, (Eze 11:3; Eze 11:7)

12and you shall know that I am the Lord. For you have not walked in my statutes, nor obeyed my rules, but have acted according to the rules of the nations that are around you.” (Eze 8:10; Eze 8:14; Eze 8:16)

13And it came to pass, while I was prophesying, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell down on my face and cried out with a loud voice and said, “Ah, Lord God! Will you make a full end of the remnant of Israel?” (Eze 9:8; Eze 11:1; Eze 20:17; Ac 5:5)

15“Son of man, your brothers, even your brothers, your kinsmen,2 the whole house of Israel, all of them, are those of whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, ‘Go far from the Lord; to us this land is given for a possession.’ (1Sa 26:19; Eze 2:1)

16Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: Though I removed them far off among the nations, and though I scattered them among the countries, yet I have been a sanctuary to them for a while3 in the countries where they have gone.’ (Isa 8:14; Eze 37:26; Eze 37:28; Re 21:22)